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Conducting research with newcomer populations presents unique challenges for both researchers and service providers—particularly when addressing the risk of harm such as suicide, intimate partner violence (IPV), and mental health crises, especially during stressful events and transitions. This webinar explored best practices for conducting research with newcomer populations and for recognizing and responding to these risks in a sensitive manner.

People Powered's Digital Participation Tool Ratings evaluates 30 tools that have been used to support digital participation all over the world. This year’s ratings offer more information and insights on each tool to help you select a suitable tool for your context and needs. This year they also researched how AI tools and features fit into the current digital participation landscape.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Fixing Canada’s immigration system isn’t about cutting numbers—it’s about meeting the need, Carney’s aim to cut immigration marred by undercounting of temporary migrants, economists warn, Youth not in employment, education or training: Recent trends, Foreign student asylum claims hit record high in 2024, set to grow in 2025, and more.

In this February 2025 Pathways to Prosperity session, presenters provide an overview of useful practices and tips to provide online language training.

The treatment of asylum seekers is an important issue for many countries as they grapple with polarized public views on the issue. Researchers analyzed discourse about asylum seekers on Twitter — now X — at the time of the closing of Roxham Road.

In this June 2023 Digital Leaders Week session presenters from Scotland and Nova Scotia share not only a name, but also experiences of delivering digital inclusion. Panelists from the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and GEO Nova Scotia, have been sharing learning with each other since the beginning of the pandemic. Representatives from Mhor Collective who have been delivering support across both territories also share insights.

What has the settlement sector learned from the COVID-19 pandemic? What knowledge do we want to carry into the future? This article considers the need for innovation in online service post the COVID-19 pandemic, and propose sharing and dissemination of resources as the best approach to long-term project sustainability.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Express Entry: Canada’s COVID-spurred immigration backlog is hurting its economic growth, Will Canada welcome over 500,000 new immigrants per year?, Delivering on the Promise of Resettlement, Why Ukrainian newcomers are not refugees and why that matters, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Immigration as a source of labour supply, The ethics of recruiting foreign-trained healthcare workers, Canada should expand its commitment to welcoming refugees, With thousands of Afghans still desperate to flee the Taliban, is Canada set to close its doors?, and more.